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LOOKS EASY TO MAKE MAYBE? BUT ITS ACTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE APART.NEXT TIME WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE? YOU WILL NEED 6 PIECES 6 X 6 X 1/4 INCH PLYWOOD OR OAK IF YOU HAVE [...]

OFFCUTS OF PLYWOOD 3/4 INCH. SIMPLE BENCH FROM PLYWOOD,THIS ONE HAS BEEN VARNISHED.IDEAL FOR A CHILDS BENCH.…

    Here’s a chisel rack that protects those sharp edges and allows me to see the right chisel for the job at hand. The rack is easy to customize for any size chisels. Glue a [...]

Don’t let anyone tell you that saws are just a hunk of wood plus a sheet of steel. The more that I work with different saws, the less I know about the tools. Saws are a remarkable [...]

      With this shop-made bench dog I can put light right where I need it. The dog is just a square chunk of wood with two smaller pieces glued to the sides. The smaller pieces act [...]

        I bought my current house because of the big detached garage, which is perfect for my woodshop. However, when I started remodeling the house I got really tired of [...]

These small tools pack a punch. What might seem a step down actually has big benefits.

SEE PHOTO OF LOGS! TAKE A LOG CUT IT DOWN TO 12 INCHES LONG X 7 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER? WITH BARK ON EVEN BETTER. NOW HOLLOW IT OUT USING ROUTER  HOLLOW  5 INCH DEEP X 5 INCH WIDE X 10 [...]

MORE IDEAS FROM LOGS THIS ONE HAS BARK INTACT.AND HINGED WITH BRASS HINGES.THIS WAS MADE USING THE ROTO ZIP AND A FRET SAW.  LUMBER/LOGS  DELIVERED AND THIS ONE CAUGHT MY EYE [...]

LOGS ARE NOT ONLY FOR BURNING.? FIND THE RIGHT LOG AND MAKE A BOX. THIS WAS MADE USING THE BANDSAW AND THE ROTO ZIP. LOG BOX MAGIC. WITH TIME AND PAITENCE YOU TOO CAN MAKE ONE.…

Some Japanese saws don’t play nice with Western hardwoods. More than a decade ago, my wife bought me a nice Japanese dozuki that cost about $100, a fortune for us at the time. I took it to [...]

The latest issue of Woodworking Magazine is on its way to subscribers and should be available on newsstands shortly. You can also order it online. The cover project for this issue is the infamous [...]